WOW, am I old

[J Curlee]

Been reading through some of the post's on the traditional forum.
Vanes, springy rest's, expandable broadheads, ILF risers, clickers, and collar systems.

Things sure have changed.
I still use longbows, glue-on 1 pc broadheads, turkey feathers, and wood arrows, and I still manage to kill critter's.
I am REALLY OLD! LOL

Jim

 

[tater]

Everything you listed with the exception of the ILF has been around since the early 1960's in one form or another. ILF is nothing more than an evolution of the Bear Mag series of bows from the 60's.
I know gents who reinforced Microflite arrows long before Carter was President.

Nothing has changed since you started archery except for better carbon arrows, better broadhead steels and the ability for more archers that hunt to be more proficient shots in the field.

 

[dlee56]

Just depends on what peaks your interest. Folks got it done for 70,000 years with stone points and rough self bows.

 

[Beendare]

ILF is the same old 3 piece trad bow..... but with adjustability and a million mix and match options.

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[oldgoat]

And don't forget the internet!

 

[J Curlee]

I guess it depends on what you consider traditional.

 

[Billy Goat]

I guess it depends on what you consider traditional.

A flip phone.

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[GLB]

Been reading through some of the post's on the traditional forum.
Vanes, springy rest's, expandable broadheads, ILF risers, clickers, and collar systems.

Things sure have changed.
I still use longbows, glue-on 1 pc broadheads, turkey feathers, and wood arrows, and I still manage to kill critter's.
I am REALLY OLD! LOL

Jim

I hear you. I’m all for people shooting what they want and how they set their stickbows up but sometimes I wonder if some are trying to invent the compound bow again.

 

[North Idaho Stickbow]

Trad archery is like jazz music. Kinda a thing of the past and only a selective amount of people listen to it; yet there’s like 50 zillion sub-genres of it, and fans will argue to death about what’s “jazz” and what isn’t. Yet, at the end of the day it all falls in that one category, and still isn’t that popular with the masses, so who cares.

 

[ArrowForester]

Hey there Jim!
We are all getting old I suppose. A lot of us are still doing it the way you do it. But the rest of these folks are pretty OK as well.
Welcome to Rokslide, good to see you are still around.

 

[Beendare]

Hopefully this isn’t one of those; my way is the only way threads.

it seems to me that the reason why single string bows have become so popular is because there is so many different forms of them.

I can tell you if my only option was to shoot a 58 inch one piece Bear recurve.... I would have quit Tradd shooting years ago.

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[J Curlee]

I don't care what you shoot, your the one droppin the string.
Do what makes you happy, I'll do the same.

Oh yea, I still use a flip phone. LOL
I have no interest in a phone, I bought one for the "times" I get lost out in the dings, too bad it doesn't work once I get a mile away from the hyway. LOL

AF;
Who are you?
Hit me in a pm.

Jim

 

[North Idaho Stickbow]

Wish I could get away with having a flip phone (work won’t have it), or I’d join you sir!

 

[GLB]

I totally agree, shoot what makes you happy. I have been around Archery since before the compound and seen it involved to the modern equipment we have today, weather a single string or compound.

I like to keep things simple and there is a technology limit on my bows, but I like longbows because I shoot them best and I like to use carbon arrows with them. I also make wood arrows and use them.

For me when it gets too technical I’ll loose interest and won’t enjoy it as much.

 

[Beendare]

All good JC...I appreciate your healthy attitude....welcome to the forum.

 

[Kentucky]

I often romanticize about shooting a wooden 1 piece longbow with wood arrows..,as sweet as it seems and the gratification it would supply.. I just can’t get away from the practicality of my ILF takedown.

I shoot off the shelf, but the center shot allows me to use trad vanes very effectively, which keeps me hunting longer with more confidence. Aluminum riser doesn’t care if I bash it into a rock on accident. And my carbon arrows bounce off whatever I smash them into.. bamboo/glass longbow limbs get it done.. it all boils down to what gives you confidence to make a good shot.

Everybody here, for the most part, seems to share the same opinion... but some forums require buckskin underwear to call yourself trad.

 

[dlee56]

I often romanticize about shooting a wooden 1 piece longbow with wood arrows..,as sweet as it seems and the gratification it would supply.. I just can’t get away from the practicality of my ILF takedown.

I shoot off the shelf, but the center shot allows me to use trad vanes very effectively, which keeps me hunting longer with more confidence. Aluminum riser doesn’t care if I bash it into a rock on accident. And my carbon arrows bounce off whatever I smash them into.. bamboo/glass longbow limbs get it done.. it all boils down to what gives you confidence to make a good shot.

Everybody here, for the most part, seems to share the same opinion... but some forums require buckskin underwear to call yourself trad.

Have you shot those trad vanes off the shelf? Any thoughts on the prospect?

 

[Kentucky]

Have you shot those trad vanes off the shelf? Any thoughts on the prospect?

Yes I do. That is my current set up. I had a all softener to size and colors left over from different sets of arrows so no 4 arrows I’m shooting are the same. But most are 3”x4 or 4”x4 on a 32” beman centershot 400, 75g brass insert and 125g heads...I may switch to 150s..either way i shot 75-100 arrows yesterday and zero fletch contact..

I put that camo soft material on before I started.. it does show a mark on it.

I love the look of feathers, I love the weight, they fly great, lay down if you do get contact. Used them for years..but I’m sold on these trad vanes.
Use them in poor weather with zero concern of getting wet. Feathers are noisy when rubbing together and flying down range..vanes are dead silent. Fly just as good with a good tune.

 

[J Curlee]

Now your dissin turkey feathers. LOL

Just to be fair, I use nuthin but wild turkey primaries.
You can shoot my arrows through a critter, wash the blood off, hold it over a steamy tea kettle, and the feathers will stand up like they originally did.
Go out shoot another critter, I've done many times, that is when my wood arrow doesn't break.

When I break an arrow, since they are cut to my draw length they are no longer the useable for me, so I give-em a "flight test".
I find these arrows, sometimes months, or years later, the feathers are still in good shape, and since I use Duco, the feathers are still attached to the wood shaft.

Here's another one, my arrows are bare-shaft tuned to my bows, so my homemade bow's will shoot an arrow with-out feathers. Imagine that. lol

You can chew me up and down, I'm no expert, but I did make tapered cedar arrows professionally for better than 25 years, so I have a little experience with wood arrows

One thing though, is that I don't hunt in the rain.
I'm old, I'm retired, and I'm supposed to be havin fun.
Even when I wasn't old and craggy, I hated huntin in the rain. lol
Rain, and blood don't make a good combo, so don't put yourself or your animal in that position.
If you lose an animal, it doesn't help your "score".

You can use what you want for fletch, they are your arrows, but don't think that your setup is the best thing goin.

As for bows, I've been making all of my own archery equipment, including bows, since 1986.
I don't treat my bows with kid gloves.
When I get out of a tree stand I throw my bow out before I get down.
I do try not to throw it on rocks. lol
Glass laminated longbows are tough, my kid even drove over his with a pickup, wiped off the dirt, and still went huntin. Smashed it in the ground a bit, but didn't even hurt the finish.

I used to shoot metal handled bows(HS 58), but if you live in Minnesota and you hunt all season long, you'll be looking for something with a warmer handle by October. lol

I'm not tryin to start an argument, I'm just pointing out that there are no rules, and there's is nuthin written in stone about archery.

Go out shoot some arrows, and have some fun.

Jim

 

[Kentucky]

Now your dissin turkey feathers. LOL

Just to be fair, I use nuthin but wild turkey primaries.
You can shoot my arrows through a critter, wash the blood off, hold it over a steamy tea kettle, and the feathers will stand up like they originally did.
Go out shoot another critter, I've done many times, that is when my wood arrow doesn't break.

When I break an arrow, since they are cut to my draw length they are no longer the useable for me, so I give-em a "flight test".
I find these arrows, sometimes months, or years later, the feathers are still in good shape, and since I use Duco, the feathers are still attached to the wood shaft.

Here's another one, my arrows are bare-shaft tuned to my bows, so my homemade bow's will shoot an arrow with-out feathers. Imagine that. lol

You can chew me up and down, I'm no expert, but I did make tapered cedar arrows professionally for better than 25 years, so I have a little experience with wood arrows

One thing though, is that I don't hunt in the rain.
I'm old, I'm retired, and I'm supposed to be havin fun.
Even when I wasn't old and craggy, I hated huntin in the rain. lol
Rain, and blood don't make a good combo, so don't put yourself or your animal in that position.
If you lose an animal, it doesn't help your "score".

You can use what you want for fletch, they are your arrows, but don't think that your setup is the best thing goin.

As for bows, I've been making all of my own archery equipment, including bows, since 1986.
I don't treat my bows with kid gloves.
When I get out of a tree stand I throw my bow out before I get down.
I do try not to throw it on rocks. lol
Glass laminated longbows are tough, my kid even drove over his with a pickup, wiped off the dirt, and still went huntin. Smashed it in the ground a bit, but didn't even hurt the finish.

I used to shoot metal handled bows(HS 58), but if you live in Minnesota and you hunt all season long, you'll be looking for something with a warmer handle by October. lol

I'm not tryin to start an argument, I'm just pointing out that there are no rules, and there's is nuthin written in stone about archery.

Go out shoot some arrows, and have some fun.

Jim

I didn’t diss anything. And I didn’t claim to have best thing going.. but they work the best for me and where and how I hunt..it doesn’t have to rain for feathers to get wet, it was tall grass and morning dew that got me most of the time.

Feathers been getting it done for centuries. if I had the time I’d love to make bows and wood arrows.

My point about the metal riser is that I wouldn’t wanna pay 1300$ for custom wood bow and toss it out of the stand..or fall down and smash it into rocky ground.. yes glass/wood longbows are super tough, and since you make your own, you can beat yours to death and make another anytime you please.

Don’t get your buckskins in a bunch.. what you do and your methods have been proven time and time again, and paved the way to where we are with single string archery today.